Site Gallery 1-11 July 2021 - Free interactive digital art exhibition for children and families - CMC Playground
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Free interactive digital art exhibition Site Gallery
for children and families.
1 Brown St
1-11 July 2021 Sheffield S1 2BS
Info Exhibit Page
Site Gallery Opening Hours: ARPS 1
Thurs 1-Fri 2 July 3.30-6pm
Tues 6-Fri 9 July 1-6pm Assemble with Care 2
Sat 3 & 10 July 11am-5.30pm
Sun 4 & 11 July 11am–3.30pm Augmented Reality 3
Pre-booking is essential:
Masks
Please visit sitegallery.org to book your time for entry. There Dream, Design,
is a capacity limit to ensure that everyone gets a chance to
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experience the exhibition safely, so book early to secure Create
your place.
Kinetic Landscape 5
Kollective Coffee And Kitchen Opening Hours:
Please visit kollectivekitchen.co.uk.
Lovely Weather 5
We’re Having
Venue Info:
Admission FREE Making it up 6
Best for 5-12 year olds as we go along
Wheelchair accessible
Toilets & baby change facilities Nour: Play With 7
At times noisy and distracting
Your Food
Lots of lights used
Smile While 8
What is Playground?
The Children’s Media Conference has invited a selection The Character 9
of the world’s most innovative artists, developers and
companies specialising in creative and interactive play to Design Studio
exhibit their projects at Site Gallery, Sheffield. This year’s
theme is What If? The NeverEnding 10
Children and families are welcome to make some
Cinema
noise while exploring new pieces of art, apps, Untitled Goose Game
products and games.
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Workshops & Activities 12
Everyone is welcome...
The exhibition has been curated for 5-12 year olds, Check it Out
however everyone is welcome to book online and visit. 13
What’s more, it is FREE!
@cmcplayground
If you or your child have sensory requirements, or find #cmcplayground
sound overwhelming, please join us for The Quiet Hour
on Saturday 3 & 10 July 11am-12noon. @cmcplayground
#cmcplayground
Can we touch the art? @cmcplayground
Yes! At this exhibition we’re going to let you touch the art
#cmcplayground
and be Covid-secure.
Spark your imagination! Visit cmcplayground.com for more info
Have a flick through this guide and visit the artists’ For school bookings email
websites to find out more. We’ve also put together a list of
playground@
recommendations for local activities and online resources
to get you started. thechildrensmediaconference.com
ARPS
Will Hurt willhurt.com
Augmented Reality PlaySpace (ARPS) is an interactive and physical installation in which
people can move physical objects and watch their virtual counterparts do incredible
things on screen.
ARPS is designed to encourage subtle, contemplative interactions.
The project’s production started in 2020 as part of the Collusion/NUA - ‘Art // Tech //
Play’ R&D, and was further funded in 2021 with the award of an Arts Council England
Project Grant. The work is designed to allow for multiple themed versions to be made in
the future with partner organisations.
Will Hurt is a Visual Artist and Creative Technologist based
in Norwich, UK. He writes software to investigate novel
modes of drawing and virtual representations of physical
spaces. His inclusive work often invites people to co-
create with the software he has produced. Outputs include
interactive installations, apps, large-scale prints and gallery
exhibitions, leaving participants with a new appreciation of
their locality and a playful excitement with the astonishing
things they can create. Hurt’s work has been exhibited
around the world due to its stand-out aesthetic, technical
resilience and engaging immediacy.
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Assemble with Care
ustwo games ustwogames.co.uk
Maria is a globe-trotting antique restorer, and when
she arrives in the sun-soaked town of Bellariva, she
has no idea just how broken it will turn out to be. She
wants nothing more than to help the town’s inhabitants
save their most beloved possessions, but when it’s their
personal lives that are starting to fracture, she’ll need
to find a way to hold them together, one spare screw
at a time.
From unique beginnings – starting life in a UX/UI design studio
background – come ustwo games from South London. Their
mission is to bring what’s meaningful about games to all those
people who don’t consider themselves gamers. Their first few
games were released exclusively on mobile, and their breakout
hits were the BAFTA and Apple Design award-winning Monument Valley and Monument Valley
2. From there, they branched out to other platforms with titles like Land’s End, a highly acclaimed
and polished VR experience on the Gear VR/ Oculus Go. Their first cross-platform release was
the BAFTA-nominated Assemble with Care – a narrative Puzzle Game – launched on Apple
Arcade in 2019, and Steam in 2020. Their most recent release is Alba: a Wildlife Adventure, which
came out on PC and Apple Arcade in December 2020.
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Augmented Reality Masks
Guillaumit guillaumit.tumblr.com
For the Playground Makerspace, Guillaumit has created Augmented Reality (AR)
masks for children to create, explore, and share with their friends.
Participants will be able to discover the artistic work of Guillaumit like illustrations
for children, comic strip and digital works, be introduced to AR (how does it work?),
and then be able to create original AR masks using templates which are freely
customisable and transformable.
Guillaumit is an Artistic Director based in
France. His work combines geometric shapes,
rigid colours and peculiar cartoon characters.
The result is a playful yet meaningful universe.
Being the Artistic Director of Bordeaux’s
Carnival, he developed an augmented reality
app which allows users to interact with 3D
animations on costumes and posters. His
projects have been exhibited in Paris, London,
Berlin and Mexico City. He has worked with:
Centre Pompidou, Orange, Sosh, Sony, Frac
Aquitaine, Arte, Agence meanings, Bruit
du firgo, Konbini, Le Monde, Bayard, Waiting for the sun, agence Black Candy, CNRS.
Guillaumit also works on the Gangpol & Mit project.
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Dream, Design, Create
Sas and Yosh sasandyosh.com
This large two-sided illustration explores the imagination of children and
the unending possibilities of collaborative creative design. On one side of
the artwork, Sas and Yosh have created their own ‘school of innovation’
illustration. On the other side, the artists invite visitors to imagine and draw
inventions of the future and join these to the artwork.
Visitors can imagine new machines, modes of transport, cool art technology,
environmental innovations or perhaps a wonderful futuristic invention they
have dreamt of creating.
This is a new interactive commission for Playground 2021.
Sas and Yosh, the design house with a focus on creating
inspiring pattern, design and beautiful illustration, was founded
in 2014 in the UK by two like-minded artists Sarah Bellisario and
Yoshie Allan. This collaborative design house creates unique
bespoke artwork for commercial and independent clients both
internationally and in the UK. Their unique work, all created
using a mix of both of their art styles, includes: illustration,
pattern and design for editorial, children’s books and web
illustration, murals, fashion textiles, lifestyle goods, interiors,
wallpaper, stationery and packaging.
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Kinetic Landscape
Kinetic Landscape Collective –Royal College of Art bit.ly/RCA-kineticlandscape
Kinetic Landscape is a
vividly colourful interactive
installation. Part sculpture, and
part data collection system,
Kinetic Landscape is a creative
concept for collecting opinions
and feedback from guests
at Playground. Create new
worlds with your feedback!
Answer questions with your
feet to see and hear the
landscape move around you!
This is a new interactive commission for Playground 2021.
The Kinetic Landscape Collective are Susan Atwill, Nirav Beni, JP
Guerrier, Ance Janevica, Lera Kelemen and Shangyun Wu who
are a group of makers, sound designers and digital specialists
from the Royal College of Art’s MA Information Experience
Design Course.
They have come together for the show, with the aim of designing and creating a memorable
alternative to the traditional questionnaire. Inspired by dance mats, they have devised
a method of collecting information through feet (no touching with hands!) ensuring the
experience is both fun, and Covid secure.
Lovely Weather We’re Having
Julian Glander glander.co
An atmospheric 3D explorer
thingy about going outside with
a dog. Responds to local weather
data, simulates actually being
outside. Have fun!
☁ Julian Glander is a 3D artist based in
the USA. ☁
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Making it up as we go along
Kisha Bradley & Wybourn Community Primary & Nursery School, Sheffield
You can play with augmented reality games created by school children from
Wybourn School who explored a virtual world where they defied gravity,
pushed the limitations of reality, and made up the rules as they went along.
This is a new commission co-created by Kisha Bradley, Playground Artist in
Residence, and Wybourn School.
Kisha is a Sheffield-based participatory artist,
challenging oppressive systems and experimenting
with co-created spaces. In her work, she values
and combines intergenerational and intersectional
expertise, creativity and critical thinking. Kisha
draws on her experience as a Black mixed race,
working class woman working in engineering and
the barriers of being undervalued and othered
in those spaces. Her work plays with flipping
hierarchies and encouraging ideas that at first
glance appear ‘impossible.’
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Nour: Play With Your Food
Tj Hughes terrifyingjellyfish.com
In a world of meal-replacement shakes, we
tend to forget how much of a luxury food is.
Nour: Play With Your Food is an experimental
food art game designed to make you hungry.
Free from the constraints of scores, time limits,
and realism, Nour lets you play with your food
with no mess to clean up. Mash buttons at will
to interact with the various food scenarios in
curious and unconventional ways.
An independent game developer and 3D artist out
of St. Louis, Missouri, Tj Hughes taught himself game
development in his early teens, and has since started
a solo development company entitled “Terrifying
Jellyfish”. Under this name, he intends on escaping
the mundane and mediocre forever through the
exorbitant use of colour, playfulness, and aesthetics.
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Smile While
Matthew Keff matthewkeff.com
Smile While is an interactive work about silliness and feelings. The screen will
recognize a viewer’s face and react when it sees people smiling. While left
alone, the screen acts calm, but when people are around, it starts a party.
Jelly-like items are bandied around, piling up and overwhelming screen space
until awkward collisions glitch apart and explode. Smile While is something
like a mood machine, reacting to how those react to it.
Matthew Keff is an American artist creating audiovisuals that take
form in motion, interactivity and installations. Thinking about
digital life and feelings, these works squish together sugary
aesthetics found in network and videogame culture. Matthew
has been commissioned by major film and music festivals and
has shown in exhibitions internationally including Creative Code
Festival, New York, US; Supernova Digital Animation Festival,
Denver, US; Magdalen Art Space, Oxford, UK; The Center Del
Carme, Valencia, US; Now Play This, Somerset House, UK;
4Culture, Seattle, US; Chromatic Festival, Montréal, CA; Abrons
Arts Center, Manhattan, NY, US; HereART, Manhattan, New
York, US; Tokyo Game Show, Tokyo, JP.
8The Character Design Studio
TADO tado.co.uk
An interactive space within
Playground for people of all
ages to get busy and have fun
creating character designs of
their own.
This is a new character design
studio space, created by TADO
for Playground 2021.
TADO are a pint-sized illustration
power-house made up of the
inseparable Mike and Katie and their
three year old daughter Erin. Based
in Sheffield, UK, they create darkly
adorable characters and artworks
that have delighted and terrorised
people for nearly two decades.
The pair began working together
in 2002 and quickly became an
established name through their cute,
quirky and unique style, combined
with a good dollop of Yorkshire
humour. Their work and characters
have spanned projects including
fashion and sneaker designs,
animations, games, mascots, and
large-scale public statues, as well as
several international solo exhibitions.
They particularly enjoy working with
the innovative Artfelt initiative at
the Sheffield Children’s Hospital,
producing artwork and installations
for their ground-breaking care
facilities. Everything Mike and Katie
do is produced in total collaboration
– whether it be taking turns in
drawing, painting, drilling, glueing,
scribbling or clicking. When the pair
aren’t scribbling away, they enjoy
riding bikes, collecting all manner of
oddities, and eating ice cream.
9The NeverEnding Cinema
Studio Pointer* pointer.click
In The NeverEnding Cinema you can create movies in which a great variety
of wildlife star in a great variety of film genres, from comedy to thriller, from
drama to action film. Each story is unique; each film a random combination
of music and footage. Explore the ways in which sound can shape narratives
and turn any creature into a leading character in a new cinematic adventure.
Studio Pointer* work on special purpose built commissions including showing
at Venice Biennale. This is a new commission for Playground 2021, made
entirely for children.
Studio Pointer* is an interactive media
design studio by Asya Sukhorukova and
Jakob Schlötter. Their work revolves around
experimental storytelling and strives to
explore the hidden potential in contemporary
technologies, re-mixing found materials and
researching different aspects of new media’s
role in contemporary culture. Asya and Jakob
have developed projects that range from sound
and website design and image making to the
development of complex digital environments
and interactive installations. They have worked on commissions for clients in cultural and
commercial sectors. Works by Studio Pointer* have been showcased in various exhibitions
and festivals worldwide.
10Untitled Goose Game
House House househou.se
It’s a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose.
Untitled Goose Game is a slapstick-stealth-sandbox, where you are a goose let
loose on an unsuspecting village. Make your way around town, from people’s back
gardens to the high street shops and the village green, setting up pranks, stealing
hats, honking a lot, and generally ruining everyone’s day.
House House is a videogame company from Melbourne, Australia,
consisting of four friends: Jake Strasser, Nico Disseldorp, Michael
McMaster and Stuart Gillespie-Cook. With backgrounds in
contemporary art and filmmaking, House House draws on interests
outside the tech-focused environment of traditional game studios.
Their two releases, Push Me Pull You and Untitled Goose Game, both
started out as jokes between the four friends, and House House tries
to carry that spirit of levity, friendliness and approachability into their
games. Untitled Goose Game was awarded multiple Game of the
Year awards in 2019.
11Workshops & Activities TADO - AR Character Hunt tado.co.uk Get out and about with TADO. A series of cheeky Augmented Reality (AR) characters are dotted around locations in Sheffield City Centre. Track them down using your smartphone and a map which can be collected from the gallery, or downloaded from the Playground website: cmcplayground.com This is a new AR commission for Playground 2021. Maker Table The Maker Table is open for you during Playground to take part in hands-on digital and creative making. The Quiet Hour Saturday 3 & 10 July 11am-12noon Our Playground is open to all. If you or your child have sensory requirements, or find sound overwhelming, please join us for The Quiet Hour, where volume levels will be decreased, and the lighting lowered. Off the Shelf Festival of Words: 30th Edition Friday 15 - Sunday 31 October 2021 Celebrate with us and sign up to our free mailing list for news of our events for children and families at www.offtheshelf.org.uk/contact Brought to you by
Check it out Local activities
Beards & Books beardsandbooks.org
Storytelling events, online educational resources and tutoring services.
Code Club for Schools codeclub.org.uk
Code Club is a nationwide network of volunteer-led after school coding clubs for
children aged 9-11. Visit the website to search for your local club.
Create Sheffield / Sheffield Adventures createsheffield.co.uk/adventures
Explore the city of Sheffield and immerse yourself in art and creativity.
Magna Science Adventure Centre visitmagna.co.uk
Magna Science Adventure Centre is a hands-on experience packed with interactive
exhibits. Explore the wonders of science and technology in their four pavilions – Air,
Earth, Fire and Water.
National Videogame Museum thenvm.org
The UK’s national cultural centre for videogames in Castle House in Sheffield.
Pimoroni shop.pimoroni.com/collections/kids
Pimoroni is a company of makers and educators based in Sheffield. Check out
their website to find all sorts of fun and educational activity kits for kids of all ages.
Check it out Apps/online
amazelab bit.ly/Amazelab
STEM activities for 7 to 11 year olds.
ContempoPlay medium.com/contempoplay
Advice for parents of kids living digital lives. Useful news and advice about new
apps, games and internet safety concerns.
Scratch scratch.mit.edu
Scratch is a free coding platform and community where kids can create stories, games,
and animations to entertain themselves or share with others around the world.
The Decision Factory thedecisionfactory.org
STEM and business activities for young Black people aged 11 years+.
Toca Boca tocaboca.com
Toca Boca makes a range of digital toys that you can play with your kids. They believe
that the best way to learn is through play for the sake of play, and they do it in a safe
way without advertising or in-app purchases. See the full range at their website.
13Playground is organised by The Children’s Media Conference
in collaboration with:
CMC Playground CMC Playground
Exhibition Partner Funder
CMC Playground
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